Mitch Smith

The 2011 law stripped most government workers in the state of collective bargaining rights and set off protests that lasted weeks.

Big Tom is a beloved landmark in his Minnesota hometown. Across the Midwest, small places take pride in having the largest of just about anything.

Donald J. Trump swept the Great Lakes battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, raising questions about the Democratic coalition going forward.

Electric vehicles are a top-tier issue in Michigan, where both candidates have framed a vote for their opponent as a threat to the state’s auto industry.

Ms. Whitmer won re-election as Michigan’s governor by 11 percentage points two years ago. Polls show a much closer race for president.

As Election Day nears, both campaigns have poured time and energy into Saginaw County, which voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020.

Legislators voted to restore voting rights to more people convicted of felonies, but a dispute over that law’s constitutionality created pre-election confusion.

Democrats have long won by wide margins in Detroit, but some party leaders said the vice president needed to do more to counter an assertive Trump campaign.

A recent retiree toured condos of all stripes in Minneapolis and St. Paul, looking for something he could get excited about. Here’s what he found.

Nebraska’s attorney general not only cast doubt on a newly enacted law, but also on the state’s longstanding policy of allowing many people who finished criminal sentences to vote.